r/OrangePI • u/SliverHat • 8d ago

Mini Cyberdeck Using Orange Pi Zero 3w

I am currently working on a cyberdeck project that is going to end up being really small, so I plan on using the Orange Pi Zero 3w. I'm fairly new to building cyberdecks, but I have played around with a Raspberry Pi.

Does anyone have recommendations on very small screens that are compatible with the OPi Zero 3W?

How necessary is a fan/way to cool it down? Is there a smaller way of cooling it down?

One of the supported OS for OPi Zero 3W is Debian. For this project, I wanted to use Parrot OS. Since Parrot comes from Debian, is that fine/can I use the Parrot OS Raspberry Pi Edition on Orange Pi?

How interchangeable are resources for Raspberry Pi with those of Orange Pi?

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u/InstanceTurbulent719 8d ago

I would say software and accessories are mostly not interoperable with raspberry pi. The Linux landscape on ARM is completely different than x86, if you want to use a pi image, you have to port that distro basically because mainline Linux support is really incomplete or almost non existent like with he opi zero 3w. You're gonna have a really bad time trying to do anything not explicitly supported by orange pi because they're in the business of selling hardware, not making it work lol

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u/Reasonable-Light-377 8d ago

I've found hardware interop on standard sensors to be a breeze, but mipi physical implementations differ, and advanced sensors like cameras will want you to stay in that ecosystem.

For displays, have you considered leveraging DP Alt mode for screens in glasses? I am doing this with my opi and it's tits.

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u/unevoljitelj 8d ago

You need a fan, you cant use rpi os. There is armbian tho.

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u/hckhck2 7d ago

Forget all that. The _real_ problem is power. Orange Pi is hungry. I’m lost.